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Initial Considerations

PROHOMINUM is a peer-reviewed, open-access scientific publication edited by the Venezuelan Association of Social Research for Humanity (ACVENISPROH). Its mission is to disseminate original research, reviews, essays, and case studies that contribute to the strengthening of knowledge, theoretical innovation, and critical analysis in educational and social sciences, with a special focus on the challenges and advances affecting Latin America and the Caribbean, with a global projection.

The scope of the journal is defined by the publication of unpublished, high-quality works that meet standards of methodological rigor and academic relevance, within the framework of higher education. These works must fall into the UNESCO categories: a) Education sciences and, b) Social sciences, with direct or indirect application to educational, social, and organizational problems, within the scope of higher education.

The thematic coverage includes the main specialized areas:

- Education sciences, didactics, and pedagogy;
- Social, educational, and community psychology;
- Sociology and cultural studies;
- Educational philosophy and ethics;
- Law, educational legislation, and public policies;
- Management, educational management, and organizational management.
- Social communication and discourse studies;
- Social development, citizenship, and sustainability.

PROHOMINUM is conceived as an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary space for exchange that promotes the publication of research with social impact, aimed at improving professional practice, informing policy formulation, and promoting social and community development. It is published quarterly in digital format using Open Journal Systems (OJS) and accepts contributions in Spanish, Portuguese, and English

Focus and Scope

PROHOMINUM is a peer-reviewed, open-access scientific publication edited by ACVENISPROH. Its mission is to disseminate unpublished, high-quality research in the context of higher education, with an emphasis on relevant issues and advances for Latin America and the Caribbean, with a global projection. The journal publishes original studies, reviews, and essays with methodological rigor in the UNESCO areas: a) Education sciences and, b) Social sciences. Its priority fields include: Education sciences, didactics, and pedagogy; Social, educational, and community psychology; Sociology and cultural studies; Educational philosophy and ethics; Law, educational legislation, and public policies; Management, educational management, and organizational management; Social communication and discourse studies; Social development, citizenship, and sustainability. PROHOMINUM promotes interdisciplinary exchange and the generation of knowledge with social impact, aimed at strengthening professional practice, policy formulation, and community development, with a global projection.

Objectives

To contribute to the theoretical and applied development of education, social, and human sciences through the publication of relevant and quality research, framed within the scope of higher education.
To provide an academic platform for the exchange of experiences, perspectives, and findings among researchers, teachers, students, and professionals.
To disseminate studies that offer innovative solutions and critical analyses in the face of social, cultural, and educational challenges.
To promote the training and projection of emerging researchers, encouraging scientific production with high-quality standards.
To favor the publication of works that influence decision-making and the generation of public policies aimed at social well-being.

Periodicity

Prohominum, Journal of Social and Human Sciences has a quarterly periodicity. One issue is published every three months, resulting in an annual volume composed of four issues, with open access content and disseminated via the internet. Throughout the year, Prohominum accepts articles to be reviewed.

Publication Frequency:

From Vol 6, N° 4 (2024), the issue corresponding to the period will begin its publication in the first month of the same, adding articles throughout the period. In this way, Prohominum favors a quick dissemination of articles that have passed the review process and are ready to be published.

The publication schedule for the issues is as follows:

First Issue: Corresponds to the months of January to March of each year.
Second Issue: Covers the period from April to June.
Third Issue: Includes the months of July to September.
Fourth Issue: Covers the months of October to December.

This temporal structure guarantees an equitable and systematic distribution of knowledge throughout the year, facilitating the continuous participation of authors and researchers interested in contributing to the field of social and human sciences.

Target Audience

The journal is open to the participation of authors ranging from undergraduate and postgraduate researchers to emerging and consolidated academics in the corresponding area. It is also aimed at a wide spectrum of readers, including specialists, researchers, students, and the general public, who show interest in the topics covered. This editorial policy seeks to foster inclusion and multidisciplinary dialogue, thus enriching the debate and dissemination of knowledge in the social and human sciences.

Arbitration Process

Arbitration System

At Prohominum, we adopt the double-blind peer review method, with an estimated process of three to five months, structured in five stages or phases detailed below:

1-Article Submission

The article must be sent through the OJS of the ProHominum journal, once you have registered as an author. Link: https://www.acvenisproh.com/revistas/index.php/prohominum/user/register If you have difficulty submitting your work online, do not hesitate to contact us at the following email addresses: prohominum@acvenisproh.com or prohominumrevista@gmail.com. Remember: Along with the article, and according to your language preference, the author must send the Originality Letter in Spanish | Originality Letter in English.

It is relevant to mention that, since February 2024, Prohominum has adopted the APCs (Article Processing Charges) model, with the aim of sustaining the quality and scientific rigor standards that distinguish the journal. This decision is based on resolution acven-2024-005, promulgated by ACVENISPROH, the publishing entity of our journal. This measure seeks to guarantee the sustainability of editorial and publication processes, aligning with contemporary practices in the dissemination of scientific knowledge. See: APCs (Article Processing Charges).

2-Preliminary Review

In this initial phase, the editor of Prohominum carries out a significant evaluation of the manuscript to ensure that it meets the criteria of formality, timeliness, and correspondence with the journal's editorial line. At the same time, the Crossref / iThenticate anti-plagiarism software is used to determine the degree of originality of the text. According to the acceptance standards, the similarity index must be between 1% and 5%. In cases where textual similarity exceeds the established limits, a detailed review is carried out to identify possible common phrases or terms that could be adjusted as minor observations, giving the author(s) the opportunity to make corrections. Manuscripts with a similarity index higher than 40% are automatically rejected if no response or explanation of the case is received from the authors by email within a period of up to three business days.

After confirming the absence of plagiarism and validating the relevance of the manuscript within the journal's thematic spectrum, specialized reviewers are assigned. This process has an estimated deadline of up to sixty business days, during which the author is kept informed about the review status of their manuscript.

3. External Peer Review

The peer review is carried out under a strict double-blind protocol, with external evaluators following recommendations from the Scientific Committee or attached researchers from the International Research Network REDIIGEC, with more than 300 researchers attached in 13 Ibero-American countries to date. In situations where a unanimous consensus is not reached, a third reviewer is incorporated, with the journal's editor reserving the final decision on publication.

The evaluation instrument used by the reviewers covers three main sections, evaluating aspects such as the title, abstract, originality, scientific rigor, theoretical framework, clarity and coherence in the objectives and methodology, results, conclusions, and references (link to the evaluation scale). This evaluation process can last up to twenty-five business days, culminating in one of the following verdicts:

Publishable without modifications.
Publishable with minor modifications.
Publishable with major modifications (in content, theoretical framework, objectives, methodology, conclusions, or references).
Publishable after substantial modifications of content and form.
Not publishable.

At the end of the evaluation, a certificate and report are issued to the corresponding author, detailing the result of the review and the recommendations of the review team.

4. Final Review

In cases where the result of the evaluation determines that the article is publishable with modifications, the editorial team will send a communication by email to the author, urging them to make the necessary corrections and to resubmit the document.

Authors of manuscripts that require modifications will have a maximum of twenty-five business days to incorporate the suggested changes. It is recommended that, when resubmitting the manuscript for new evaluation, they attach a detailed report of the modifications made. Once the revised article is received, the Editorial Committee will proceed to verify the integration of the corrections and, subsequently, will reassign the manuscript to the reviewers for a new review. If it is determined that the modifications do not meet the established requirements, the document will be returned to the authors for their adaptation, repeating this process until total compliance is achieved.

If the authors omit the incorporation of the suggested corrections and do not present a justification for such omission, they will be notified by email to address this issue. If no response is received, the article will be temporarily suspended for a period of two months, after which it will be definitively withdrawn from consideration for publication in the journal.

In instances where the evaluations are favorable for publication, the reviewers will communicate this decision to the Editorial Committee, which will proceed with the subsequent phases of the editorial and publication process.

5. Editing and Publication

After it is determined that an article is suitable for publication without the need for modifications, the authors will be notified via email, where they will be informed of the expected date for its publication, in accordance with the journal's regular schedule. In cases where the evaluation process suggests modifications —whether of form, content, or determines that the article is not publishable—, the authors will be provided with a report with the observations issued by the reviewers.

Once the article has been definitively accepted for publication, having met all the required criteria, the payment of the Article Processing Charges (APCs) will be requested, as a prerequisite for the issuance of the definitive publication certificate, in which the number and volume corresponding to the publication of the article will be detailed.

Subsequently, when the article is published, a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) will be assigned to it on the corresponding website, thus ensuring its permanent accessibility and citability.

For those manuscripts evaluated as not publishable, this decision will be communicated to the authors, warning them about the inadmissibility of resubmitting the same article for evaluation in the journal. If this notice is ignored, the author or authors will be informed that they are excluded from the possibility of publishing in the journal for a period of one year.

Reviewer Evaluation Instrument

Our reviewers use the following instrument Reviewer Evaluation

Good Editorial Practices

In the journal Prohominum. Journal of Social and Human Sciences, we are committed to complying with the principles emanating from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) for editors of scientific journals, with the purpose of guaranteeing good editorial practices. This Editorial Team has developed a series of guidelines and commitments, with respect to the activities that all those involved (editor, editorial committee, authors, and reviewers) must comply with, which are presented below:

Editor

Must guarantee confidentiality in the editorial process, no information about the manuscript should be revealed to anyone other than the author or authors themselves, the reviewers, and the editor. Likewise, the disclosure of information without the authorization of its authors is prohibited. It is also agreed that articles whose manuscripts show conflicts of interest (relational between the authors or institutions related to the research) may not be published.
Guarantee the transparency of contributions, evaluation processes, and publication.
Respond promptly to requests and questions from authors, reviewers, and any member of the Scientific Committee.
Guarantee compliance with research and publication standards in all editorial processes related to the journal.
Is committed to strictly complying with the publication time of articles.
Guarantee transparency in sending the decisions of the reviewers.
Objectively mediate in case there are differences between reviewers and authors, always ensuring that the confidentiality of notifications and the anonymity of those involved are maintained.
The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for deciding which of the manuscripts submitted to the journal will be published, a decision that arises from the application of due editorial process. This decision can be consulted with other editors or reviewers.
The editor must guarantee the protection of academic research and guarantee permanent access.
The editor is responsible for following up on any reported act of unethical behavior, as long as it is well-founded, and may even apply a corrective disciplinary measure if it is discovered after the manuscript is published.
Promote the inclusion of the journal in databases and quality indexes.
Promote ethical behavior during the progress of the work presented by the author, mainly when it comes to individuals, animals, and the environment.

Editorial Committee

Verify that the articles meet the necessary elements to go to arbitration.
Ensure that the article complies with the editorial line and is within the journal's own scope.
Assess its relevance based on the journal's objectives.
Actively participate in the selection of reviewers/evaluators/arbitrators.
Suggest the inclusion of the journal in databases and quality indexes.
Maintain the confidentiality of the entire editorial process.
In the event that one of the members of the Editorial Committee submits an article to be evaluated, they must refrain from expressing an opinion regarding the designation of the reviewers and must assume all the journal's rules.
Promote ethical behavior during the progress of the work presented by the author, mainly when it comes to individuals, animals, and the environment.

Authors

Present original and unpublished works, adjusted to the structure proposed in the journal's publication rules.
All authors must present a similar percentage of participation in the authorship of a work. Those who contributed with translation, financial support, correction, or one or more readings of the work are not considered authors.
Do not simultaneously send the same work to another journal.
Follow the journal's publication rules.
Do not present manipulated results. And, if after the article is published, the author(s) realize an error in the published data, the journal must be notified to correct the article in the form of an erratum.
The article must contain sufficient references to allow others to reproduce the work. And they must be duly referenced.
In case there is a conflict of interest, it must be indicated when submitting the article.
They are requested in the publication rules to rigorously cite the sources used in the text. If it is not referenced, it should not be cited.
Avoid citation manipulation.
Comply with the times indicated for the incorporation of observations derived from the arbitration.
Plagiarism is a reflection of unethical behavior and must be sanctioned in the journal.
If research in Social and Human Sciences involves the participation of people, the manuscript must show that said study has the informed consent of the participants and, in turn, complies with the laws and institutional guidelines.
In the event that one of the members of the Editorial Committee submits an article to be evaluated, they must refrain from expressing an opinion regarding the designation of the reviewers and must assume all the journal's rules
Follow the code of conduct and good editorial practices issued by COPE. It is suggested to review this link: international standards for authors (In English).
The authors must indicate that their procedures followed ethical standards and in accordance with the World Medical Association and the Declaration of Helsinki.

Reviewers

They will normally be suggested by the Scientific Committee or the International Research Network REDIIGEC.

Guarantee an objective peer review.
Guarantee the quality and scientific rigor of the evaluation of an article.
Adhere to the journal's evaluation process.
Maintain the confidentiality of the entire process related to the evaluation of the article.
Maintain objectivity, reflecting in their observations supporting arguments that guide the authors to improve their manuscript.
Send the evaluations in the estimated time.
Rigorously evaluate the article, considering theoretical and methodological approaches.
Declare if there is a conflict of interest once the article is received.
Do not use information, data, or ideas obtained through the manuscript of an article for a personal publication.
Reviewers can propose the incorporation of relevant published works to the topic addressed that have not been cited by the authors.
A reviewer can never use the information provided in a manuscript to nourish their personal research.
Contribute to editorial decision-making.

Unaccepted editorial practices:

After consulting the different documents from COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) in order to organize a Code of Ethics and Good Editorial Practices, we have established that the practices mentioned below will not be accepted in the journal: multiple publications, repetitive publication, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, use of ghostwriting, citation manipulation, and self-citations.

Conflict Resolution

Actions to be taken in case of detection of any of these unwanted practices:

Multiple publications/Repetitive publication: as soon as multiple publication is detected (in more than one journal or as part of event proceedings), an explanation will be requested from the authors. If the arguments do not satisfy the Scientific Committee and the Editor, the article will be withdrawn and the authors and authors will be sanctioned, making it impossible to publish another article in this journal for a period of two years.
Plagiarism and self-plagiarism: when it is detected that a manuscript presents coincidences of more than 35% similarity with a work already published or there is self-plagiarism (the author takes literally what he has already published but does not cite it, which leads one to think that his contribution is unpublished and original), a detailed report will be prepared in which all the sources (journal websites or article pdfs) that certify the plagiarism or self-plagiarism will be specified and the authors will be asked for explanations in order to define whether these practices actually exist or are just the product of an error. If no response is received within a period not exceeding three (3) business days, the article will be withdrawn from the editorial process.
Ghostwriter: although it is a difficult practice to detect, the Editor has the power to withdraw the article from the journal. If detected, once the article is published, it will be removed from the journal's website and a clarifying note will be made in the Editorial.
Invention: refers to the "fabrication and invention" of all or part of the data or results of a work submitted for publication. Upon recognizing this conduct, the application will be declined.
Falsification and data manipulation: consists of providing false data or methods within a study. Upon identifying this action, the application will be immediately declined.

In case the article has been published, two paths will be followed:

Correction: if the authors give a satisfactory explanation to the Editor and the Editorial Committee, a new version will be received from the authors with the changes made and an attached note specifying these changes. It will be immediately incorporated into the journal's OJS.
Withdrawal: the article will be withdrawn from the journal's website and other pages where it is available, accompanied by a statement with a note in the Editorial informing about the details of the case. In this case, the anonymity of the authors will not be maintained.

Note: if the article is not yet published and is in some of the editorial processes (layout, style correction, proofreading), a detailed report will be sent to the authors about the reasons for the rejection and the withdrawal of the article. The anonymity of the authors will be maintained.

In any of the mentioned cases, the decision will be communicated in writing to the authors.

Other aspects:

Once the article is accepted, the authors undertake to integrate all the observations derived from the peer review that they consider pertinent in their work. They must justify in writing the observations not incorporated.

Authors should know that once the manuscript is evaluated and the observations are integrated and accepted, the Editorial Committee or the Editor may request another modification with the purpose of improving the quality of the article. In case the authors refuse, the article will be withdrawn from publication. It should be remembered that they signed a commitment letter that emphasizes this aspect.

The publication of works by the same authors or author in consecutive issues as the main author will not be carried out.

References

COPE. (2018). Core Practices. Retrieved from https://publicationethics.org/core-practices

Artificial Intelligence Policy

Prohominum adheres to the Heredia Declaration: Principles on the use of artificial intelligence in scientific editing (2024)¹ and the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)².

An author is considered to be someone who makes significant intellectual contributions related to the conception, conceptualization, design, execution, data analysis, or interpretation of the research, or article published as a result of it. In addition, they must have participated in the writing of the manuscript and/or its revision. Therefore, an author has the ability to create, make decisions, declare conflicts of interest, and assume the responsibilities that may arise as a result of their publication.

Any other form of contribution to the article published in the journal must be consigned in the acknowledgments of the manuscript.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) does not meet the authorship criteria mentioned above. Nor can it assume responsibilities derived from its work, or declare conflicts of interest. Therefore, only a human being can be considered an author.

The use of AI must be explicitly declared in the manuscript, indicating its role in the research and/or writing process: data analysis, generation of images and graphic materials, improvements in writing, grammar, spelling, and style.

It must be duly declared and cited, indicating which tool was used and for what purpose.

¹Penabad-Camacho, L., et al. (2024). Declaración de Heredia: Principios sobre el uso de inteligencia artificial en la edición científica. Revista Electrónica Educare, 28(S), https://doi.org/10.15359/ree.28-S.19967

²What constitutes authorship? (Latin American Spanish). (2014). Committee on Publication Ethics. https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.3.4

Open Access Policies

In Prohominum, Journal of Social and Human Sciences, we subscribe to and declare that we are an Open Access journal and access to its content will be allowed for free, immediately, and freely to any user.

From Prohominum, Journal of Social and Human Sciences, it is possible to access the content of its articles freely and universally through the Internet, without this implying any cost for the reader.

Authors will retain their copyrights and will guarantee the journal the right of first publication of their work, which will be simultaneously subject to the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Consequently, you are free to:

Share, copy, and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
Adapt, remix, transform, and build upon the material.
The license cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the terms of the license.

Under the following terms:

Attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests that you or your use have the support of the licensor.
Non-Commercial – You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
Share Alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original
No additional restrictions – You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

Authors may adopt other non-exclusive license agreements for the distribution of the published version of the work (for example, depositing it in an institutional telematic archive or publishing it in a monographic volume) as long as the initial publication in this journal is indicated.

Authors are allowed and encouraged to disseminate their work through the Internet (e.g., in institutional telematic archives or on their website) before and during the submission process, which can lead to interesting exchanges and increase the citations of the published work.

As a journal, we subscribe to the following declarations: DORA | MIT Declaration | LIBRARIAN MANIFESTO | Manifesto for Science as a Global Public Good

Licensing

This work is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license.

In this sense, you are free to:

Share: copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
Adapt: remix, transform, and build upon the material.

Under the following terms:

Attribution: You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.
Non-Commercial: You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
ShareAlike: If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.

Sources of Funding

The economic resources required to guarantee the activities associated with the editorial process, layout, publication, and indexing of the issues corresponding to Prohominum are obtained from ACVENISPROH. It is relevant to mention that, since February 2024, Prohominum has adopted the APCs (Article Processing Charges) model, with the aim of sustaining the quality and scientific rigor standards that distinguish the journal. This decision is based on resolution acven-2024-R0034, promulgated by ACVENISPROH, the publishing entity of our journal.

APCs - Article Processing Charges

As of February 2024, our journal applies APCs (Article Processing Charges) only to articles accepted for publication. This is for the purpose of maintaining the scientific thoroughness that characterizes us through technological updating, human talent, scientific quality policies, and open access to all our content.

The APC value is 350 USD per article. It must be paid at the time of the issuance of your letter of acceptance in the pertinent modalities. The data for the submission will be sent to you, once you meet the requirements of the editorial process.

APCs Exemption Policy

APCs will be waived for professionals and students with research activities and permanent residence in the following countries: Venezuela, Argentina, Cuba, and Haiti, based on criteria of minimum economic income according to CEPAL 2024, subject to annual review. Likewise, researchers residing in countries that appear on the list of least developed nations made by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD): https://unctad.org/topic/least-developed-countries/list or, as a result of criteria established within the framework of inter-institutional agreements with ACVENISPROH, for professionals and students with scarce economic resources with scientific proposals.

Patrimonial Rights

The Venezuelan Civil Association of Social Research for Humanity (ACVENISPROH) only retains the publication rights of the journal Prohominum and favors the reuse and self-archiving of its documents in international databases, repositories, directories, and information systems. The author(s) retain the copyrights of their work and can deposit their publication in any repository. Authors allow anyone to download, reuse, reprint, modify, distribute, and/or copy the content as long as the original authors and source are cited, in correspondence with the licenses provided for this type of publication, described in https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.es

Archive Preservation Policy

The technical team of the digital publication of Prohominum, follows three policies:

Open Journal Systems is compatible with the LOCKSS (Lots of Copies KeepStuffSafe) system, which guarantees the journal a permanent and secure archive. LOCKSS is an open-source program developed by the Stanford University Library that allows libraries to preserve selected web journals by regularly searching registered journals to collect new published content and archive it. Each archive is continuously validated with records from other libraries, so any damaged or lost content can be restored using those records or the same journal. Prohominum accesses this preservation service thanks to the PKP PN program available for journals that use OJS.
Compliance with the policies of the storage hosting company
Policies for the protection of work equipment and servers: with respect to local work equipment, the following guidelines are in place:

Control of environmental factors (humidity, temperature, contamination)
The place where the server is located meets optimal conditions to avoid equipment deterioration.
There is manipulation and backup discipline: the equipment is configured to automatically notify and make backups.
With respect to the storage of articles, there is a two-year retention policy. This policy applies to both files received for arbitration and those that are published. Likewise, the evaluation forms for articles submitted for arbitration are kept (minimum of two years).
Article versions are stored as follows: preprint (unevaluated version), postprint (editorial), and postprint (corrected version from the author).
The server is periodically reviewed (predictive maintenance plan) to avoid possible damage

In the same way, an agreement has been formalized with the Galileo Foundation for the advancement of science in Ecuador (FUNDAGACEC) in which this organization undertakes to offer ACVENISPROH, a space on its server for the protection of journal files, based on the policies that govern the matter: See Agreement

Ethics and Conflict of Interests

Ethical considerations

The Editorial Committee and the Reviewers, in addition to the methodological, academic, and technical evaluation, have the responsibility of ensuring ethics in Prohominum's publications, as well as not encouraging bad conduct or bad practices.

General ethical considerations

The confidentiality of patient or research subject data must be kept. If an author wishes to publish this type of information, they must provide consent forms.
Prohominum is governed by internationally accepted ethical guidelines (Code of Conduct, COPE, and Office of Research Integrity, ORI)
Materials for publication must offer accuracy, so that, in the review, they can be replicated or refuted.
The author or authors are the people who achieved the study. In this way, it is important to take into account that the people mentioned as authors contributed to the collection of material, the interpretation, the writing, and revision of the material produced, as well as the approval to request publication. The order in which they are mentioned is a decision among the authors, but the amount of effort and contributions should be taken into account to give them the first places.
- There is the figure of collaborators, to mention those who in some way contributed to the study.
- The so-called ghost authors, invited authors, and honorary authors should be avoided.
- If the author(s) wish to add, delete, or reorganize the list of authors. A formal communication must be sent explaining the reason and the form of location, in addition to the written consent of the rest of the authors.
- Authors must be aware that fraudulent or deliberately inaccurate statements are considered outside of academic ethics.
The author is obliged to identify in their study the collateral risks related to procedures, chemicals, or referenced equipment.
Plagiarism is unacceptable. Our journal has an anti-plagiarism review system. Authors must be careful and adhere to the rules to give necessary credit and avoid taking other people's information, ideas, or falsifying information. If a reader later reports a suspicion of plagiarism, the review will be done again and, if it is true, the article will appear only with the title as retracted.
- Incorrect authorship is also considered plagiarism, since the person who worked most on the preparation of the article must be referenced first, and so on. Putting the name of someone who has not written anything is against ethical principles. If later, someone communicates this fact to the journal, said author will not be able to publish again in Prohominum.
- It is necessary to make visible the information about the funding that has been received. If a conflict of interest arises, the author is solely responsible to the entity that financed or assisted them.

Ethical supervision

It is understood that research in which human beings, institutions, communities, and social groups have been involved must consider ethical criteria and principles in such a way that the parties have not been put at risk, therefore, the approval of the participants or institutions will be required, by means of an informed consent.

Prohominum undertakes to publish only works that comply with the provisions formulated in the WMA Declaration of Helsinki available at: https://www.wma.net/es/policies-post/declaracion-de-helsinki-de-la-amm-principios-eticos-para-las-investigaciones-medicas-en-seres-humanos/, respecting, ensuring, and promoting respect for all human beings, protecting their health and their individual rights.

Likewise, Prohominum will comply in its publication process with the International Ethical Guidelines for Health-related Research Involving Humans, prepared by the Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS) in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO).

Therefore, its 25 ethical guidelines linked to:

Social and scientific value, and respect for rights
Research in resource-limited settings
Equitable distribution of benefits and burdens in the selection of individuals and groups of research participants
Individual benefits and risks of a research
Choice of the control mechanism in clinical trials
Meeting the health needs of participants
Community involvement
Collaborative partnerships and capacity building for research and research review
Persons who have the capacity to give informed consent
Modifications and waivers of informed consent
Collection, storage, and use of biological materials and related data
Collection, storage, and use of data in health-related research
Reimbursement and compensation for research participants
Treatment and compensation for research-related harm
Research with vulnerable persons and groups
Research with adults who lack the capacity to give informed consent
Research with children and adolescents
Women as research participants
Women during pregnancy and lactation as research participants
Research in disaster situations and disease outbreaks
Cluster randomized trials
Use of online data and digital tools in health-related research
Requirements for establishing research ethics committees and for reviewing protocols
Public accountability for health-related research
Conflicts of interest

For more details on the mentioned guidelines: https://cioms.ch/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/CIOMS-EthicalGuideline_SP_INTERIOR-FINAL.pdf

Conflict of interests

Normally, a conflict of interest occurs when authors or researchers have opinions or economic interests that may influence the objectivity of their actions.

The most frequent conflicts of interest are categorized as direct and indirect. Direct ones have to do with employment, stock ownership, grants, patents, and indirect ones with fees, consulting, ownership of investment funds, paid expert testimony.

Personal relationships can also trigger conflicts of interest, for example, academic competition between colleagues that can lead to interests in the results of the research or personal opinions.

Our journal recommends the following:

Give notice if there is a probability of a possible conflict due to influence on results that may be biased.
Mention all the people involved in the research or study.
Do not make independent or verbal agreements.
Declare, by means of a formal document, the role that each financing entity or sponsor has had. It is also recommended to place it before the references to the consulted bibliography.

Interoperability Protocol

All publications on the Prohominum Journal Portal incorporate interoperability protocols (https://pkp.sfu.ca/ohs/) that allow their content to be harvested by other distribution systems, such as digital repositories and harvesters. The journals that are published through OJS (Open Journals System 3.3.0.8) incorporate the OAI-PMH (Open Archive Initiative-Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) interoperability protocol with the possibility of obtaining different formats for the metadata.

Protocol: OAI-PMH Version 2.0
Metadata formats: Dublin Core; MARC; MARC21; RFC1807
Path for harvesters: https://acvenisproh.com/revistas/index.php/prohominum/oai

Complaints and Appeals

Complaints, claims, or appeals, before, during, or after publication must be sent electronically to the following e-mail address: atencion@acvenisproh.com | prohominumrevista@gmail.com. The Editorial Team will give them the necessary treatment and will communicate at all times with the claimant, analyzing the steps to follow in each case, providing a response and solution to it within 30 days.

Data Management and Preprints

Authors are urged to clearly detail the datasets used in their research, and to upload the data that originated the findings reported in the manuscript to an institutional repository or to Data Scielo.

The objective of this process is for readers, reviewers, and editors to have the files available and access the source data of the results, enhancing the possibilities of citation and strengthening transparency in publication.

Preprint

A Preprint is the version of a scientific article or manuscript that is published before peer review. It is a document that has not been officially accepted by scientific journals, and is deposited on a preprint server.

At Prohominum, we subscribe to and declare that we are an Open Access to Knowledge journal, so authors are recommended to deposit the preprint, prior to submission to the journal, and must inform this action.

We share some of the preprint servers that can be used: arXiv; BioRxiv; SciELO Preprints, LatArXiv.

Self-Archiving Policy

1. Versions

Authors may deposit their articles in preprint, postprint, and final published versions in institutional and thematic repositories, personal websites, academic social networks, etc.

Preprint: is the version of a scientific article or manuscript submitted to the journal, prior to peer review. It is a document that has not been officially accepted by scientific journals. Its deposit is recommended on preprint servers such as arXiv; BioRxiv; SciELO Preprints, LatArXiv.

Postprint: is the accepted version of the article, after peer review. The self-archive must be accompanied by a legend that the deposited document will be published in Prohominum, with a link to the journal.

Published version: can be deposited immediately after publication in the journal.

2. License

This journal is distributed under a CC-BY–NC–SA 4.0 International license, so the self-archive must be done under this same license.

3. Research Data

The primary data generated during the research process and that support what is published can be deposited in an institutional, thematic, Scielo Data, or other data repository.

Once the article is published in Prohominum, the dataset must be linked to the article published in the journal using the DOI.

4. Embargo

No embargo period is required to apply for the deposit of the different versions of the published article and research data.